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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “bevz” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

64 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
bevy127115221bevy
be47948942be__
bead75937922bead
beak106534382beak
beam86939232beam
bean66443862bean
bear66844642bear
beat66168302beat
beau66137272beau
beck126226572beck
bed67950622be_d
beds75937782beds
bedu75923692bedu
bee56262402be_e
beef96233682beef
been65335782been
beep85931212beep
beer65635992beer
bees65453382bees
beet66457542beet
beg65944132be_g
begs75733832begs
bel57148462be_l
bell66237182bell
bels66142492bels
belt65754032belt
bema85825252bema
ben56554922be_n
bend76435262bend
bene66439492bene
bens65945702bens
bent67759912bent
berg75425542berg
berk105929842berk
berm86732752berm
bes56557432be_s
best66355322best
bet58376672be_t
beta66234132beta
beth96629232beth
bets67051442bets
bevel104517042bevel
bevor101510812bevor
bey86645422be_y
beys913829552beys
biz147939362b_iz
breve105317052breve
buzz146617802buzz
dev76033772dev_
deva85720982deva
devs86424032devs
eve66331162_eve
fez156236822fe_z
geez146424862geez
jeez205622032jeez
lev66139422lev_
leva77020712leva
levo76820062levo
levy106418502levy
lez125541312le_z
neve76224832neve
nevi75116422nevi
rev65336622rev_
revs75027052revs

Search took 2 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter178691298720.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit29872641.53319486.0
3Display Results64640.0164000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691641.84596851.5
 
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